LANGUAGE OF FLOWER& 



" The gentle flowers 



Retired, and stooping o'er the wilderness, 

 Talked of humility, and peace, and love." 



ROBERT POLLOK. 



OVER what barren spot is it, reader, that the 

 gentle flowers" shed, with most effect, their 

 sanctifying influence ? Is it not over that moral 

 " wilderness," the heart of man, that they 

 " stoop," and talk of humility, and peace and 

 love," till the stony places become fruitful, and 

 produce abundantly, good thoughts, pure wishes, 

 and holy desires and aspirations ; till the sterile 

 waste changes to a garden ? It is, and none 

 that have ever truly listened to their eloquent 

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